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among the demands, the protesters want president obama to reject the keystone xl pipeline and to get the environmental protection agency to set carbon standards for power plants. >>> a bigger than normal crowd packed vat tan city today. it's the second to the last time pope benedict xvi will address crowds of catholic faithful from that famous window overlooking st. peter's square. about 100,000 people turned out to hear benedict ask for prayers for the next pope. the 85-year-old pope shocked the world last week when he announced he's resigning at the end of the month. >>> danica patrick became the first woman to win the pole position for the daytona 500. she will share the front row next sunday with jeff gordon. this will be patrick's first full season in nascar sprint cup series. >>> a few minutes ago i talked with danica patrick right here on cnn. it was not long after her ground-breaking achievement. she joined me from daytona beach. she's a modest lady and i asked her if she understood the magnitude making this important mark is in sports. >> in a simple word, yes, i understand
among the demands, the protesters want president obama to reject the keystone xl pipeline and to get the environmental protection agency to set carbon standards for power plants. >>> a bigger than normal crowd packed vat tan city today. it's the second to the last time pope benedict xvi will address crowds of catholic faithful from that famous window overlooking st. peter's square. about 100,000 people turned out to hear benedict ask for prayers for the next pope. the 85-year-old pope...
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she was the 15-year-old honor student, the drum majorette who performed in washington. hadiya was killed a week later on a playground about a mile north of president obama's home. hadiya's parents, cleo cowley pendleton and nathaniel pendleton are joining us here. first of all, our condolences to you and your family. we see your strength over the last couple of weeks. we saw ayou as guests of the president, in part of the state of the union address. and we see you with the visit with the president himself in chicago. you hear about this death of miss macfarlane, how do you make sense of this, what do you do? how did you react? >> i was deeply saddened. we've been out and talking about the various news media about how awful this feels. definitely, my heart went out to the family. i actually gave her money a call yesterday morning. >> you can tell me about that call, what you were able to say to her, what you were able to convey at this time? >> no, it was really just extending my condolences and letting her now, you know, whatever -- however she needs to deal with for pa
she was the 15-year-old honor student, the drum majorette who performed in washington. hadiya was killed a week later on a playground about a mile north of president obama's home. hadiya's parents, cleo cowley pendleton and nathaniel pendleton are joining us here. first of all, our condolences to you and your family. we see your strength over the last couple of weeks. we saw ayou as guests of the president, in part of the state of the union address. and we see you with the visit with the...
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democratic strategist julian epstein is in washington. cnn contributor wry happen salon is in new york. the president proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour, something that would directly affect 4 million workers. those in favor say good economic stimulus. those against say bad, bad, bad for business. what do you think? . the reason we are setting a federal minimum there was the taxes to improve you incomes for households. the minimum wage benefits a slew of households, not very well targeted toward low-income households. the problem is that republican reasons tend to oppose the making work pay tax credit and the social security payroll tax cut. that left him a less efficient effective tool for raising incomes for low-income households. >> julian, let me ask you, one thing represent ihan brought up, to be cynical, the president, there's no longer a payroll tax break. so, if people are being paid more, technically, the government's gonna get more in taxes, no? >> well, the payroll tax break was a temporary stimulus when
democratic strategist julian epstein is in washington. cnn contributor wry happen salon is in new york. the president proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour, something that would directly affect 4 million workers. those in favor say good economic stimulus. those against say bad, bad, bad for business. what do you think? . the reason we are setting a federal minimum there was the taxes to improve you incomes for households. the minimum wage benefits a slew of households, not...
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president obama is on his way back to washington right now. he spent the weekend in florida playing golf and avoiding cameras. >> we obtained these exclusive far away pictures of the president and the video was pretty difficult to capture. peter did a great job, but we have seen nothing of the president's weekend round of golf with tiger woods. brian todd has been looking into it and joining us now. i think it's appropriate this time. >> no clear instances on this. the white house said media access was "consistent with other presidential golf outings." but the press corps complained about that and the optics don't look great for mr. obama. they are the two most high profile people in their feels. tiger woods in golf and president obama in almost everything else. they played golf together this past weekend, but we have more visuals of the president watching a top secret mission the night osama bin laden was killed than of mr. obama and tiger woods during the golf outing. the media was shutout. the press core complained. they responded by saying
president obama is on his way back to washington right now. he spent the weekend in florida playing golf and avoiding cameras. >> we obtained these exclusive far away pictures of the president and the video was pretty difficult to capture. peter did a great job, but we have seen nothing of the president's weekend round of golf with tiger woods. brian todd has been looking into it and joining us now. i think it's appropriate this time. >> no clear instances on this. the white house...
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." >>> the networks were all geared up for that big washington event, the state of the union. the pundits all suited up to analyze what barack obama was going to say and then -- >> we're focusing on two people tonight. this guy, christopher dorner and the president of the united states. one is giving his state of the union address and the other is, perhaps, in that burning cabin. >> should the cable news channels spent so much time on that fatal california shootout with a cop killer? >>> as for the republican response, the moment everyone was talking about. >> some are jokingly calling it water, yes, watergate. >> seriously, why was the water so far away? it makes no sense. >> at that point, it's better to have no water. >> why was the press so upset with marco rubio's water bottle? >>> it was a battle of the titans. i head into the no-spin zone with bill o'reilly. i already won this round on points because you said, yes, i guess i should have mentioned it. the elephant in the room that kick started this debate. >> number one i said to goldburg, i should have mentioned it only
." >>> the networks were all geared up for that big washington event, the state of the union. the pundits all suited up to analyze what barack obama was going to say and then -- >> we're focusing on two people tonight. this guy, christopher dorner and the president of the united states. one is giving his state of the union address and the other is, perhaps, in that burning cabin. >> should the cable news channels spent so much time on that fatal california shootout...
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we have more from athena jones in washington. >> reporter: while president obama played golf with tiger woods at a private club in florida, his new chief of staff defended the white house against charges it's trying to sabotage congressional efrlts to reach a deal on immigration by drafting its own bill without consulting republicans. >> we're doing exactly what we said we would do which is we'll be prepared in the event the bipartisan talks going on the hill which were very aggressively supported, if those do not work out, then we'll have an option that will be ready to put out there. >> reporter: white house says its immigration bill is a plan b. if congress doesn't act. but a draft of the bill obtained by "usa today" drew fire from republicans who support the white house. marco rubio called it half baked, seriously flawed and dead on arrival. rubio, like john mccain, is a key gop negotiator. >> leaks don't happen in washington by accident. this raises the question that many of us continue to wonder about. does the president really want to a result or does he want another reason to be
we have more from athena jones in washington. >> reporter: while president obama played golf with tiger woods at a private club in florida, his new chief of staff defended the white house against charges it's trying to sabotage congressional efrlts to reach a deal on immigration by drafting its own bill without consulting republicans. >> we're doing exactly what we said we would do which is we'll be prepared in the event the bipartisan talks going on the hill which were very...
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but as we heard, senator patrick leahy said, this is now in the hands of president obama. how he would take this group's recommendations once they rern to washington. >> patrick, briefly, tell us about this. what some call the alan gross situation. it's been behind the scenes at least a little bit of a thawing in relations between the u.s. and cuba. how damaging is this? >> it's incredibly damaging because on one side, cuba is saying there are five cuban intelligence agents they would like to see returned. they would consider to be heroes, and the u.s. would consider them to be spies tried by prosecutors in miami. when you hear patrick leahy saying alan gross isn't a spy, what he's really saying is what the state department said all along. there won't be a swap. these are two different situations. the cubans obviously feel very, very differently. they've been pressuring the u.s. ever since last year to sit and talk and potentially discuss a swap between what they call their prisoners and the one that's still here in havana. i should add that patrick leahy and another congr
but as we heard, senator patrick leahy said, this is now in the hands of president obama. how he would take this group's recommendations once they rern to washington. >> patrick, briefly, tell us about this. what some call the alan gross situation. it's been behind the scenes at least a little bit of a thawing in relations between the u.s. and cuba. how damaging is this? >> it's incredibly damaging because on one side, cuba is saying there are five cuban intelligence agents they...
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"outfront" tonight, hurting the poor because washington has no courage. again today, all we heard was blame when it comes to the forced spending cuts to take effect in eight days. president obama made some talk radio appearances. >> whether or not we can move republicans at this point to do the right thing is what we're still trying to gauge. >> now, he's called the cuts severe and brutal. house speaker john boehner, guess what, completely agrees with that. he's called them deep and dangerous, but they're not doing anything about it. here's the thing about the cuts. they're going to hurt some people that nobody wants to hurt. people already in pain, more than 4 million homebound and disabled seniors may have to go without dinner this year because of cuts to meals on wheels programs in the forced cuts. 70,000 children from lower income families will not be able to enroll in preschools and day care centers because of the forced spending cuts. the owners of about 10,000 homes and small businesses destroyed by hurricane sandy won't get the money needed for re
"outfront" tonight, hurting the poor because washington has no courage. again today, all we heard was blame when it comes to the forced spending cuts to take effect in eight days. president obama made some talk radio appearances. >> whether or not we can move republicans at this point to do the right thing is what we're still trying to gauge. >> now, he's called the cuts severe and brutal. house speaker john boehner, guess what, completely agrees with that. he's called...
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. >>> let's go to washington now. they are watching the calendar. just six days now away from those forced spending cuts. $85 billion in cuts this year. and president obama has been pushing house republicans to come up with a plan. meanwhile, we're getting warnings about what to expect if those cuts take place. >> flights to major cities like new york, chicago, and san francisco and others could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. delays in these major airports will ripple across the country. >> we talked about new york, chicago, and san francisco, but it's not just the big airports that will have to scale back. smaller airports across the country could be forced to close. the transportation department could close control towers at as men as 100 small airports. >>> now to the latest on lance armstrong. you know, the department of justice is set to now join a lawsuit against the disgraced cycling star. armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs when he won those seven tour d
. >>> let's go to washington now. they are watching the calendar. just six days now away from those forced spending cuts. $85 billion in cuts this year. and president obama has been pushing house republicans to come up with a plan. meanwhile, we're getting warnings about what to expect if those cuts take place. >> flights to major cities like new york, chicago, and san francisco and others could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours because we have fewer...
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thanks very much into here in washington, president obama is doing an end around the national press today. he's taking questions from local tv stations, blaming congress for doing nothing to avoid these forced spending cuts scheduled to take effect in just nine days. so what kind of cuts is the president willing to take? jim acosta confronted the white house press secretary today with that question. jim is joining us now. how did it go? >> reporter: wolf, here we go again. the white house and congress move one day closer to the massive forced spending cuts that go into effect at the end of next week. and even though they both agree it's a problem, they are both busy blaming each other to fix it. the white house sounding the alarm. poor children will be tossed out of classrooms, health services will be slashed, border security will be compromised and the economy will take a hit if forced budgets cuts begin to happen on march 1st and the obama administration says republicans will be to blame. >> the pleas that the republicans are making are throw these people out of work. it's just -- it ma
thanks very much into here in washington, president obama is doing an end around the national press today. he's taking questions from local tv stations, blaming congress for doing nothing to avoid these forced spending cuts scheduled to take effect in just nine days. so what kind of cuts is the president willing to take? jim acosta confronted the white house press secretary today with that question. jim is joining us now. how did it go? >> reporter: wolf, here we go again. the white house...
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his vacation is over, now president obama is diving back into the world of washington politics. this hour, he's scheduled to talk about the looming sequestration. the $85 billion in budget cuts set to take place next friday unless congress takes action. it will effect everything from education to your travel plans. at 10:45 eastern, 40 minutes, the president will deliver comments from the white house flanked by emergency responders who will be affected bit budget cuts. >>> an american cyber security firm has linked prolific computer hackers to the chinese government. we'll tell you what they found, next. simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily ph
his vacation is over, now president obama is diving back into the world of washington politics. this hour, he's scheduled to talk about the looming sequestration. the $85 billion in budget cuts set to take place next friday unless congress takes action. it will effect everything from education to your travel plans. at 10:45 eastern, 40 minutes, the president will deliver comments from the white house flanked by emergency responders who will be affected bit budget cuts. >>> an american...
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obama due back in washington tonight. not only will facebook probably not pay a penny in federal and state taxes for all of 2012, the social media giant expects a federal tax refund of -- are you ready? $430 million. wow. here's why. facebook reported about $1 paraleg $1 billion in pretax dollars last year but gets to rely on stock options it awards to executives. it's perfectly legal. >>> an air force bomber jacket worn by jfk is a top seller of kennedy family memorabilia. the leather jacket has the presidential patch on it. it fetched $629,000. other items included a birthday card from john john to his dad and a marked up itinerary for the slain president's 1963 trip to dallas. relatives found the items at the ho home of one of jfk's special assistants. >>> a new report by "usa today" is uncovering serious problems with a multimillion dollar army program. the program calls itself the human terrain system. it's designed to help american troops better understand and interact with people in countries where they're statione
obama due back in washington tonight. not only will facebook probably not pay a penny in federal and state taxes for all of 2012, the social media giant expects a federal tax refund of -- are you ready? $430 million. wow. here's why. facebook reported about $1 paraleg $1 billion in pretax dollars last year but gets to rely on stock options it awards to executives. it's perfectly legal. >>> an air force bomber jacket worn by jfk is a top seller of kennedy family memorabilia. the leather...
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the news and helped to reelect barack obama. there is an interesting development in the chris dorner issue in california. i never thought to see the media make a excuse for a murder of innocent people. nyou saw that portion suppressed by certain outfits. they would focus on the other things and leave it out and not post it on the website. it is true. they are jumping to make an excuse here for someone who is strong for gun control and when you have something happen and possibly the person might have something to do with concerted politics there is it a run to jump to conclusions. we saw it when james hol mes. he might tea party. not true . jard jard - jar delet ed laufener . saw when a man who flew his plane in the i.r.s.. he had a manifestero from karl marx . assumed he was a tea party nut. >> it is it amazing there are is not greater objectivity on what joe biden called on the legitimate new's media and then you have comment ators. i want to show you a clip. this is it from mark. on cnn talking like he is a hero,. >> as far as
the news and helped to reelect barack obama. there is an interesting development in the chris dorner issue in california. i never thought to see the media make a excuse for a murder of innocent people. nyou saw that portion suppressed by certain outfits. they would focus on the other things and leave it out and not post it on the website. it is true. they are jumping to make an excuse here for someone who is strong for gun control and when you have something happen and possibly the person might...
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it seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. well you bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security whistleblowers and that actually relates to something larger which are which is another theme of the book you know it's easy to admire whistleblowers when they blow the whistle on someone else's crimes or someone else's fraud when their distance from daniel ellsberg oh the vietnam war of course what a hero ellsberg was not a hero in too many people in the seventy's when he when he actually you know played a role in public in getting the pentagon papers published as you noted six national security government employees have been prosecuted under the espionage act in recent years for v
it seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. well you bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national...
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president obama is to blame for demagoguing washington monumenting, the small 1% cuts are going to be on the most important things and republicans to blame for acting like military cuts are the huge job creator. the truth is both are hugely to blame for not handling big issues, big problems addressing this as one big deficit reduction package. not this small little force cut project. >> we've all played the blame game ourselves. i didn't want to be accused of being a hypocrite. that standoff continues on spending cuts. there are signs are common ground on marriage equality on display in this new ad from the respect for marriage coalition. >> none of wus want to be told we can't marry the person we love. growing majority of americans believe it's time to allow marriage for gay and lesbian couples. >> when couples are committed they ought to have the same rights everyone else has. >> allowing them to live together with the protection of the law it seems to me is the way we should move in this country. >> freedom means freedom for everyone. >> it features prominent democrat and republica
president obama is to blame for demagoguing washington monumenting, the small 1% cuts are going to be on the most important things and republicans to blame for acting like military cuts are the huge job creator. the truth is both are hugely to blame for not handling big issues, big problems addressing this as one big deficit reduction package. not this small little force cut project. >> we've all played the blame game ourselves. i didn't want to be accused of being a hypocrite. that...
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. >> lincoln has really been using washington, d.c., they had a special screening for barack obama at the white house. they came back and had a big screening for the u.s. senate, that was sort of unprecedented. >> reporter: and his pick for best picture is going to benefit from its historical setting and it political momentum among oscar voters. >> you have to go with argo. i can't think of a woman that's won golden globe, critic's choice, zag oig,s.a.g., behalaf on to lose best picture. it's a toss up for best director, but i can see it going to ann lee. >> reporter: con kif they split vote there, could be a surprise from the star of the french film >> reporter: although best actor category seem like a lock. >> daniel day-lewis has been winning everything. plus he's playing abraham lincoln. >> reporter: so we will see who gets to become part oaron sunda. a.j. hammer, cnn, hollywood. >> so you and i both saw argo. really liked it. >> zero dark 30 i saw, as well. having spent time in afghanistan and seeing what took place there, as well. again, no documentary. 2k07 don't think that's h
. >> lincoln has really been using washington, d.c., they had a special screening for barack obama at the white house. they came back and had a big screening for the u.s. senate, that was sort of unprecedented. >> reporter: and his pick for best picture is going to benefit from its historical setting and it political momentum among oscar voters. >> you have to go with argo. i can't think of a woman that's won golden globe, critic's choice, zag oig,s.a.g., behalaf on to lose...
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gop has criticized the obama administration for a lack of transparency. white house officials say they've already turned over more than 10,000 pages of documents. >>> staying in washington, where white house and congress are playing right now a high stakes game of chicken. they're fighting over these forced spending cuts set to go into effect march 1st, a few days away. but, really, the question is, do they effect you? what's the trickle down if there's no deal? cnn's chief business correspondent ali velshi takes a look. >> reporter: forced government spending cuts take effect march 1st. it's what washington has been calling the sequester. it's a stupid name for a stupid thing. >> these kus are not smart. they are not fair. they will hurt our economy, add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment line. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> $85 billion this year, $1.2 trillion over ten years. that's 13% cuts to defense, 9% to everything else. >> we're weeki ins away from th president's sequester and the president laid out
gop has criticized the obama administration for a lack of transparency. white house officials say they've already turned over more than 10,000 pages of documents. >>> staying in washington, where white house and congress are playing right now a high stakes game of chicken. they're fighting over these forced spending cuts set to go into effect march 1st, a few days away. but, really, the question is, do they effect you? what's the trickle down if there's no deal? cnn's chief business...
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first talk back question, is joe biden helping or hurting president obama's gun control efforts. facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me @carol cnn [ loud party sounds ] hi, i'm ensure clear... clear, huh? i'm not juice or fancy water. i've got nine grams of protein. that's three times more than me! [ female announcer ] ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero fat. in blueberry/pomegranate and peach. but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies simplify how work gets done. how's that for an encore? with xerox, you're ready for real business. . >>> fresh off hosting a political fund riser for republican chris christy, facebook founder mark zuckerberg announcing a prize for research in science. he will be live on cnn this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. eastern to discuss that new project. be sure to join us then. "am
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tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> so we've all seen first lady michelle obama dance with the president. but i bet you never have seen her hit the dance floor like this before. that's next. ♪ good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse. all set? all set. with spacious seating for up to eight. imagine that. chevrolet. find new roads. there's nothing like our grilled lobster and lobster tacos. the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-watering lobster entrees. like our delicious lobster lover's dream, featuring two kinds of succulent lobster tails. or our savory, new grilled maine lobster and lobster tacos. it's back, but not for long. [ woman ] our guests go crazy for lobsterfest. my favorite entree is the lobster lover's dream. what's yours? come celebrate lobsterfest and sea food differently.
tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> so we've all seen first lady michelle obama dance with the president. but i bet you never have seen her hit the dance floor like this before. that's next. ♪ good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse. all set? all set. with spacious seating for up to eight....
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. >> steve, you hear a lot of politicians in washington saying, well, the health care law is going to take care of that, it's going to control costs and we're going to finally see that. >> obama care does nothing to control costs. what obama care does is shifts sort of the burden of who pays for insurance. if anything, it's going to cost more because you're putting more of these people into the market because they're going to have insurance, but it's going to raise insurance rates and then the government is going to subsidize insurance for people who can't afford it, but obama care does nothing to take a $13,000 cancer wonder drug which in europe would sell for $2,000, it does nothing about that. >> steven brill is a "time" contributor. this is an absolutely stunning article, a must read for anybody who has ever visited even the emergency room for tripping and falling and bumping their head. thank you for talking with us about it. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> still ahead on "starting point" the war on childhood obesity, is it easing up? there's a new federal report o
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to address the problem quickly. >>> president obama's calling on congress to pass laws to reduce gun violence. during an appearance at a chicago high school, he said 65 out of 443 victims killed last year in gun violence in the city were under the age of 18. he also said children from violence-plagued communities need help and opportunities to get ahead. >>> these stories are trending on the web. facebook admits it was hacked recently. but its billion subscribers, they can breathe easy. the company says no data was compromised. facebook calls it a sophisticated attack that took place in january. apparently some employees visited a website that opened the door for the hackers. facebook is the largest social network in the world. >>> police are charging an idaho man with slapping a 2-year-old boy on a delta flight as it landed in atlanta. joey ricky huntley is accused of yelling a racial slur at the child and his mother when the boy started to cry. he then allegedly turned around and slapped the child in the face. he's charged with assault. >>> if you're searching for a die thaet will
to address the problem quickly. >>> president obama's calling on congress to pass laws to reduce gun violence. during an appearance at a chicago high school, he said 65 out of 443 victims killed last year in gun violence in the city were under the age of 18. he also said children from violence-plagued communities need help and opportunities to get ahead. >>> these stories are trending on the web. facebook admits it was hacked recently. but its billion subscribers, they can...
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but the idea that there's nothing to cut in washington is crazy. do you know what president obama counted as one of his budget cuts in 2011? in 2010 we did the u.s. sencens. the fact that we didn't do it again in 2011 as a $6 billion budget cut. all the president's budget cuts are wars we're not going to fight so we're not going to have to pay for them. there's a lot of elusiory smoke and mirrors in the president's cuts. these are real cuts but right now -- >> these are real cuts that will inflict wounds on ordinary american and especially the middle class. >> hold on. >> donna, it's the most painful way to teach us a lesson. >> because alex, all you're talking about is cuts. the president said put it all on the table and the republicans are saying we cannot take about raising revenues. we have a revenue as well as a spending problem and until we address both of them we are not going to find our way out of this. >> a congressional delegation has come back from cuba. donna, i know you've been to cuba. alex, you're a cuban-american. senator leahy met
but the idea that there's nothing to cut in washington is crazy. do you know what president obama counted as one of his budget cuts in 2011? in 2010 we did the u.s. sencens. the fact that we didn't do it again in 2011 as a $6 billion budget cut. all the president's budget cuts are wars we're not going to fight so we're not going to have to pay for them. there's a lot of elusiory smoke and mirrors in the president's cuts. these are real cuts but right now -- >> these are real cuts that...
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so there are different things that washington can do and, again, it's a nonideological piece. both republicans and democrats are at fault in not monitoring this process and not allowing the pharmaceutical companies and the hospitals to really be too much on their own. >> correct me if i'm wrong, this is the first time "time" magazine has ever devoted this entire section to one writer, one story, 20,000 words to a single subject. is that right? >> yes, that is right. but i thought the story was so important and steve did such a fine job. this can change the situation. >> thank for doing it, rick stengel of "time" magazine. >> thank you, wolf. >>> wait until you see what top hospital administrations are paid millions and millions of dollars while health care is crippling companies. don't miss part two of the "time" magazine special. that will air tonight at 8:00 p p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> russian's ban on adoptions by american families have left thousands of kids waiting for a family. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, stay
so there are different things that washington can do and, again, it's a nonideological piece. both republicans and democrats are at fault in not monitoring this process and not allowing the pharmaceutical companies and the hospitals to really be too much on their own. >> correct me if i'm wrong, this is the first time "time" magazine has ever devoted this entire section to one writer, one story, 20,000 words to a single subject. is that right? >> yes, that is right. but i...
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and president obama, today he's calling for raising taxes. before we talk about raising taxes on hard-working americans, we need to address the wasteful spending that we continue to see within the federal government. this year alone, we spent $2.2 billion on free cell phones in 2013. and the list goes on and on. and yet the democrats are not recognizing we have a spending problem or the impact of out of control spending on our economy. >> i know republicans and i saw a statement from speaker boehner today, saying that raising taxes is not on the table. the revenue question has -- the revenue debate has been closed. so can you say with 100% certainty that republicans will not go along with any tax increases, even on the wealthiest americans, even on big corporations? >> we need to address the spending side of this equation. that's where the republicans believe that we can find the common ground. the sequester, these across the board cuts, drastic cuts, disproportionately impacting the military and our defense, they were president obama's idea
and president obama, today he's calling for raising taxes. before we talk about raising taxes on hard-working americans, we need to address the wasteful spending that we continue to see within the federal government. this year alone, we spent $2.2 billion on free cell phones in 2013. and the list goes on and on. and yet the democrats are not recognizing we have a spending problem or the impact of out of control spending on our economy. >> i know republicans and i saw a statement from...
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netanyahu and other officials of the government would have preferred governor romney to win than president obama? >> and other things say all sorts of things. >> that's not true? >> i'm telling you that bipartisan party in this country -- support is one of the truly bipartisan issues in washington. there aren't that many, but this one is. >> not many left. >> this one is, it's supreme national importance to the state of israel. and we worked to preserve it. i have -- prime minister netanyahu has been in nine meetings with president obama. i've been present at all of them. i can tell you those meetings are friendly, candid, open. >> right. >> and president obama has said that he has spent more time speaking with prime minister netanyahu than any foreign leader, including this week, they spoke for about an hour. it's a very close relationship. we've had our disagreements. >> right. >> we've had disagreements. but the lit must is mot whether there are -- litmus is not whether there are disagreements. whether you move beyond them on to the peace process and the iranian nuclear programs and the effor
netanyahu and other officials of the government would have preferred governor romney to win than president obama? >> and other things say all sorts of things. >> that's not true? >> i'm telling you that bipartisan party in this country -- support is one of the truly bipartisan issues in washington. there aren't that many, but this one is. >> not many left. >> this one is, it's supreme national importance to the state of israel. and we worked to preserve it. i have...
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companies and so many fortune 500 companies, not because of who he is, but mainly who he likes, barack obama? it stands out. >> you hit on head you talk about how president has special companies he dos goes after with complexity in the loopholes and tax code, always the oil companies, but you see companies like facebook, and green companies getting pre preference capitapreferentialtreatment. like solyndra. neil: the energy companies collectively pay highest amount of taxing but highest corporate tax rate, period. and yet there is an a am over whether they are yield a few million more afternoon tens of billions they pay is the issue, when some. >> this points to how our presidencies tax code, not actually as a mechanism to raise revenues and fund legitimate services and government, it is a tool for his own social agenda. a tool for social a warfare. he wants to pay out to different energy companies, look at his state of the union, in same breath he esscoreiates loopholes, he has more of preferential treatment for his own green energy companies, interesting he says we have a broken tax code, a
companies and so many fortune 500 companies, not because of who he is, but mainly who he likes, barack obama? it stands out. >> you hit on head you talk about how president has special companies he dos goes after with complexity in the loopholes and tax code, always the oil companies, but you see companies like facebook, and green companies getting pre preference capitapreferentialtreatment. like solyndra. neil: the energy companies collectively pay highest amount of taxing but highest...
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he will meet later this week with president obama in washington. >> they'll talk about a lot of things. one thing high on the agenda is the japan energy cooperation. japan is looking to the u.s. for an energy boost. prime minister abe will ask president obama to permit shell gas exports to japan. the two leaders will meet on friday at a summit in washington. japan faces a rising energy shortage. most plants are halted and utilits ar depending on thermal power. abe is eager to import shell gas as a new cheaper resource. the u.s. is limiting gas exports to its free trade partners only. that's to avoid pressure on domestic fuel prices. japan must go through a government screening on a case by case basis. the prime minister is busy at home too. he's brainstorming to make japanese industry more competitive. he asked for ideas from panel of business people, academic leaders and cabinet ministers. he want to promote clean energy. the panel gathered on monday night to discuss economic growth in three fields, agriculture, energy and science and technology. >> translator: we see agriculture as a
he will meet later this week with president obama in washington. >> they'll talk about a lot of things. one thing high on the agenda is the japan energy cooperation. japan is looking to the u.s. for an energy boost. prime minister abe will ask president obama to permit shell gas exports to japan. the two leaders will meet on friday at a summit in washington. japan faces a rising energy shortage. most plants are halted and utilits ar depending on thermal power. abe is eager to import shell...
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seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. will bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security whistleblowers and that actually relates to something larger which are which is another theme of the book you know it's easy to admire whistleblowers when they blow the whistle on someone else's crimes or someone else's fraud when their distance from daniel ellsberg oh the vietnam war of course what i hear. ellsberg was not a hero in too many people in the seventy's when he when he actually you know played a role in public in getting the pentagon papers published as you noted six national security government employees have been prosecuted under the espionage act in recent years for vari
seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. will bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security...
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. >> kelly: first a major showdown in washington over looming spending cuts set to kick in next week. lawmakers are digging in for a long fight as president obama and congressional democrats accuse republicans of protect go the wealthy. while they refuse to bend on tax hikes and blast the president. >> it unfortunately appears that republicans in congress instead of compromising, instead of asking anything of the wealthiest of americans, they would rather let these cuts fall squarely on the middle-class. >> house republicans have passed to bills to we place the at the questions terrify. the question is, why won't he work with us? the answer is because he wants higher taxes. >> kelly: molly henneberg has the latest details on this. the blame seems to go to both sides. what else is being done? >> reporter: no sign that a compromise is in the works to avoid the $85 billion in federal spending cuts set to kick in on friday, march 1st. barring a budget deal between the white house and congress. the president insists any last minute deal has to include more tax hikes as well as spending cut
. >> kelly: first a major showdown in washington over looming spending cuts set to kick in next week. lawmakers are digging in for a long fight as president obama and congressional democrats accuse republicans of protect go the wealthy. while they refuse to bend on tax hikes and blast the president. >> it unfortunately appears that republicans in congress instead of compromising, instead of asking anything of the wealthiest of americans, they would rather let these cuts fall...
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judging what is happening in washington is there reason for the optimism? president weighs in a week away from the automatic reduction and raid of federal spending growth. a week from the sequester, the administration is embarking op a national tour to promote aid and spending. senator is calling for it to be cap selled. should drones be used in miles per hour air space? if so, should they be for surveillance or armed? oscar pistorius will be free on bail until the trial in the valentine's day'shooting death of his girlfriend. he is charged with first degree murder. ♪ ♪ >> greg: so columnist for slate, the website, not the mote foric rock wants the airline ples to stop reclining in their seat. dan thinks it's rude but blames the airlines saying they recline in their seats because the seats recline. why do the seats recline? wouldn't it be better if they didn't? yes, they paid him to write that. seeking comfort, he thinks someone else has to give up theirs. that is hooy. everyone can recline. if i recline, so can you? unless you're in the last row. being
judging what is happening in washington is there reason for the optimism? president weighs in a week away from the automatic reduction and raid of federal spending growth. a week from the sequester, the administration is embarking op a national tour to promote aid and spending. senator is calling for it to be cap selled. should drones be used in miles per hour air space? if so, should they be for surveillance or armed? oscar pistorius will be free on bail until the trial in the valentine's...
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carpet no matter what crimes he commits and we know from the overheard conversation between president obama and then french president sarkozy that neither could bear to look at the other look at netanyahu his face they agreed with each other they didn't know the microphones were switched on they said that they could not bear to look at this man and yet when it comes to writing the checks sending the weapons and rolling out the diplomatic and political support they can always be counted on to do that. you were a member of the labor party thirty six years then you joined the respect party in two thousand and four what made you switch and why do you think that america is stuck in this two party dictatorship is what i like to call it so taboo to even talk about socialist ideals which as i know i respect represent. well i was expelled by tony blair from the labor party in two thousand and three for my role as one of the leading figures in the war movement against the war on iraq and i founded the respect party which came out of the great antiwar movement which organized the biggest demonstration
carpet no matter what crimes he commits and we know from the overheard conversation between president obama and then french president sarkozy that neither could bear to look at the other look at netanyahu his face they agreed with each other they didn't know the microphones were switched on they said that they could not bear to look at this man and yet when it comes to writing the checks sending the weapons and rolling out the diplomatic and political support they can always be counted on to do...
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carpet no matter what crimes he commits and we know from the overheard conversation between president obama and then french president sarkozy that neither could bear to look at the other look at netanyahu his face they agreed with each other they didn't know the microphones were switched on they said that they could not bear to look at this man and yet when it comes to writing the checks sending the weapons and rolling out the diplomatic and political support they can always be counted on to do that. you were a member of the labor party thirty six years then you joined the respect party in two thousand and four what made you switch and why do you think that america's stuck in this two party dictatorship is what i like to call it so taboo to even talk about socialist ideals which as i know i respect represent. well i was expelled by tony blair from the labor party in two thousand and three for my role as one of the leading figures in the war movement against the war on iraq and i founded the respect party which came out of the great antti war movement which organized the biggest demonstratio
carpet no matter what crimes he commits and we know from the overheard conversation between president obama and then french president sarkozy that neither could bear to look at the other look at netanyahu his face they agreed with each other they didn't know the microphones were switched on they said that they could not bear to look at this man and yet when it comes to writing the checks sending the weapons and rolling out the diplomatic and political support they can always be counted on to do...
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in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonya sotomayor as the 111th justice at the u.s. supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans -- [laughter] from everywhere in the large state, and i've been repeatedly invited to visit. you know, when you get a new job, you're a little busy, so i had not been able to come, but it's the tribute to the warmth of the people i met then that have been concerned in the few hours that i've been here already, that this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend, and as you saw on television, i was back and forth a lot between the two. [laughter] this is my first trip outside. i'm delighted that this is my first trip to texas, and that i'm here in houston. thank you. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city, and i am going to os p, but i can't visit every place i want to. i still have a day job, and i
in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonya sotomayor as the 111th justice at the u.s. supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans -- [laughter] from everywhere in the large state, and i've been repeatedly invited to visit. you know, when you get a new job, you're a little busy, so i had not been able to come, but it's the tribute to the warmth of the people i met then that have...
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>> here we are at another cliff in washington, d.c. we have more in washington, d.c., than in the grand canyon. i think the democrats and the senate will pass a bill but they're not going to get 60 votes so it can't pass a full senate. republicans will offer an alternative and that's not going to pass. if that happens, i think you're looking at the fiscal cliff coming into effect and these cuts coming into effect. >> but i guess, what different ways should the president -- should he be calling everybody into the oval office? what should he be doing differently? >> it's too late now. march the 1st it's going to go into effect. the problem in the house and the nate is there's no real center anymore. there's a very small group of centers like we used to have in the house and senate. they're not there anymore, and you can't negotiate something like this from the far left or far right. you got to start in the middle and work your way out and the president has to be seriously involved in the center. >> it's interesting, karl rove, who, tom,
>> here we are at another cliff in washington, d.c. we have more in washington, d.c., than in the grand canyon. i think the democrats and the senate will pass a bill but they're not going to get 60 votes so it can't pass a full senate. republicans will offer an alternative and that's not going to pass. if that happens, i think you're looking at the fiscal cliff coming into effect and these cuts coming into effect. >> but i guess, what different ways should the president -- should he...
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when we come back in the age of barack obama, do african-americans still need washington to protect their rights to vote? supreme court may be getting ready to say no. plus chris: welcome back. this is going to be exciting. this wednesday the supreme court will hear a challenge to take us back to the civil rights struggles of the 1960's. ever since 1965, when lyndon johnson pushed congress to pass the voting rights act, these states, most in the south, have been forced to get ok -- an ok from the justice department before changing any voter laws. when the 2012 election, six of those states passed restrictions on voting like requiring picture i.d. cards. under the voting rights act federal courts struck down the photo i.d. laws in texas and south carolina. those southern states will tell the supreme court the special voting protection is no longer needed in the age of obama. obama himself disagrees. listen to how they put it in his race speech in 2008. >> the legacy of discrimination and current incidents of discrimination while less overt than in the past, that these things are real. and
when we come back in the age of barack obama, do african-americans still need washington to protect their rights to vote? supreme court may be getting ready to say no. plus chris: welcome back. this is going to be exciting. this wednesday the supreme court will hear a challenge to take us back to the civil rights struggles of the 1960's. ever since 1965, when lyndon johnson pushed congress to pass the voting rights act, these states, most in the south, have been forced to get ok -- an ok from...